Originally Posted by
Procrasturbator
^ There are a lot of downsides to doing gold shows. Personally my main reason is that I'm in a studio that gives a significantly smaller percentage for gold (vs privates.) Other possible reasons include:
- Rude, cheap, entitled assholes. Obviously everyone is plagued with them but they looove gold shows and particularly the countdowns. And you can't kick them out of the show without losing their pledge--and they know it. Guys will start being really rude 9 minutes into a 10 minute show just to bait you into kicking them.
- Cheap per minute rate. While the performer can potentially make more money per minute with gold shows the customers pay much much less (often under $0.50/minute) and some girls don't want anyone seeing them naked for that little.
- The shows are different. My shows involve a lot of personal interaction and are usually fetish, roleplay, conversational, etc. They're based heavily on the individual customer, which obviously doesn't translate too well into gold shows.
- Gold shows are more likely to be recorded due to the reasons above (asshole custies, cheap, large number of potential recorders, mass appeal.)
- The hustle is different. When I'm in free chat I just chill. I make small chat with guys and only bring up going private if a guy seems like he needs a push. The GS countdowns I've watched are all about selling guys on the show. Lots of free chat nudity, etc.
- Many models feel that gold shows are ruining the site--encouraging cheaper customers, free nudity, etc. Gold show prices have gotten cheaper and cheaper as time goes on and now some girls who specialize in gold shows are offering a ton of videos with every pledge. The girls offering all their vids for a $3 pledge have a different customer base than I do, and they can keep it. I can't compete with that and frankly I don't want to.
- Gold shows are financially risky. You could spend an hour trying to get a show started and failing when you could have been taking privates during that time. If the connection drops out (even on SM's end) you don't get paid anything, even if there's only a few seconds left in the show.
It's kind of like MFC... yeah, there's some great money potential there. But it comes with some huge drawbacks and frankly it's just not worth it to me at this time.